Dr. Detlef Reis

Visiting faculty for Business Creativity in International MBA Program

Founder of the creative breakthrough know-how company thinkergy. We energize creative leaders & their teams (across all seasons of the company lifecycle) to make them successfully drive the Sixth Wave of technology innovation. We use a proprietary suite of integrated innovation methods catering to all key corporate innovation challenges (= creative process, leaders, people, and culture). We can operate on all levels of creativity — conscious, subconscious, and superconscious. Thinkergy—know how to wow.

I am also a Lecturer for Business Creativity and Innovation Leadership at the College of Management, Mahidol University (CMMU) in Bangkok since August 2004. Moreover, I have other regular lecturing arrangements with other universities such as the Hong Kong Baptist University and the Helsinki School for Creative Entrepreneurship. My research focus area: Business Creativity and Innovation

Regional Relationship Manager for US MNC in the Food, Beverage and Tobacco Industry Segment in the Global Banking Division (Corporate Banking); moreover Greater China coverage of a client portfolio of European MNC & SME

Relationship Manager for a portfolio of German and European MNC in the Global Banking Division (Corporate Banking); moreover, main coordinator within DB in the NAIA 3 Airport Terminal project

Relationship Manager for German MNC in the Global Banking Division (Corporate Banking); moreover involved in special organizational projects in the branch (e.g., Y2K contingency management)

Head Office Trainee in Corporate Banking Division and in the Credit Risk Management Division on a part-time basis (33%-contract; parallel to my doctoral studies)

Regular temporary assignments during the university semester holidays at Deutsche Bank AG, Saarbrücken Branch, Germany - Retail Banking Division (total employment period of 18 months during this time period)

Vocational bank training in line with the German professional training system for professions (Bankkaufmannslehre); received the title "Bankkaufmann" (professionally trained banker) in June 1987

2 year-long Officer’s of Reserve Career Program; promotion to Lieutenant of Reserve Troops (Reserve Officer) in 07.1988

Doctoral thesis "Finanzmanagement in Internationalen Mittelstaendischeen Unternehmen - Eine theoretische und empirische Analyse" (Financial Management in International SME) - published with Gabler (ISBN: 382446909X)

International Management & Marketing